Bezel-less iPhone remains delayed due to technical challenges

this iPhone 16 Pro series Represents Apple’s best offering for smartphones. but look at the others Top Android Smartphone Competitorsyou will find that Apple still has a lot of room for development in cutting-edge hardware. The Cupertino company usually prefers to stick with tried and tested technology rather than leap to the top, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t have ambitions. Apple is ambitious about equipping future iPhones with edge-to-edge displays, but if you’re putting off buying one for that, you’ll have to wait a little longer.

Apple has long been rumored to be working on “Zero-bezel OLED iPhone, early leaks suggest it will be released sometime between 2025 and 2026. With 2025 just days away, the launch of this zero-bezel iPhone is still out of reach. according to a report electric power companythis technology completely eliminates The borders are “not developed enough”.

The report quoted comments from industry insiders as saying that if Apple wants to release a borderless iPhone in 2026, it should have completed technical discussions with domestic panel manufacturers such as Samsung Display and LG Display, which are known to be developing borderless iPhones. OLED. However, the company is still in discussions, putting a question mark over a reasonable launch timeline of 2026.

Apple wants to achieve an edge-to-edge but flat display while maintaining the angular design of existing iPhones, similar to what we saw on the existing Apple Watch where the display flows down the side of the watch. Samsung Display and LG Display need to develop thin film packaging technology to protect OLEDs from moisture and oxygen, but this technology faces side view distortion issues.

The companies must also develop an optically clear adhesive for use when bonded to a transparent double-sided adhesive film and ensure that the display will not easily break due to external impact even if it extends to the side of the product. They would also need to fold the existing iPhone OLED bezel circuitry under the display, which would then need to make room for antennas and address interference issues.

So for now we can expect the iPhone to just move towards thinner bezels rather than eliminate them. Hopefully we’ll know more about this by then iPhone 17 emission.